THE EUROPEAN
ALTERNATIVE
FUNDS LANDSCAPE

2-3 November 2025

Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Limassol

Brochure

The Conference

About the 11th International Funds Summit & Expo

The 11th Cyprus International Funds Summit is set to take place on 2-3 November 2025, in Limassol, Cyprus, bringing together a distinguished group of fund managers, institutional investors, policymakers, and industry experts from around the world. Organized by the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) and Invest Cyprus, this summit serves as the premier annual gathering for
professionals in the funds and asset management industry, offering an in-depth analysis of the latest trends, regulatory updates, and emerging opportunities within the sector.

Earn
5 CPD units

Facts & Figures

30+

Speakers

500+

50+

15

Participants

Participating
Companies

Countries

Programme

Two Days of Informative Talks

2-3 November

Speakers

Dr. George Theocharides

Chairman
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission

Dr. George Theocharides (BΕng (Hons), MBA, PhD) is the Chairman of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). He is also the Chairman of the Risk Standing Committee (RSC). The RSC is part of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the successor of the Committee for Economic and Markets Analysis (CEMA), for which Dr. Theocharides served also as Chairman, between March and December 2022. He served as CySEC’s Vice Chairman from July 2020 to September 2021 and was previously a CySEC Board member. He has extensive experience working in the wider financial sector.

George Dimopoulos

Founding Partner, VentureFriends

George has been an angel investor for more than 14 years. In 2015 he co-founded VentureFriends (VF) an early stage seed – Series A fund with offices in Athens, London, Barcelona and Warsaw. Currently investing from VF4 in CEE, South / South East Europe and MENA. VF focuses on Proptech,B2C, Fintech, Energy tech and SaaS while its portfolio consists of >65 portfolio companies. Prior to VF, George spent 4 years with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London doing Investment Banking. George holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Marine Duverger

Director, Client Portfolio Management
Apollo Global Management, Inc.

Marine Duverger joined Apollo in October 2024 as a Client Portfolio Manager. In this role Marine covers Apollo’s Private Credit solutions offered to Wealth clients in EMEA. Marine joined from Citi Global Wealth, where she was a Senior Vice President and Investment Specialist. Prior to Citi, Marine spent over 6 years as a Senior Client Portfolio Manager at H2O Asset Management. She started her career as a Prime Brokerage Sales at Société Générale (formerly known as Newedge).

Massimiliano Castelli

Managing Director, Head of Strategy and Advice, Sovering Institutions
UBS Asset Management

Dr Massimiliano Castelli - Managing Director, Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS AM. As Head of Strategy in the team serving sovereign institutions globally, he analyses the market trends affecting the investment behaviour of central banks, sovereign wealth funds and other state-controlled investment institutions. He works closely with the investment teams in providing investment advice and developing tailored investment solutions for clients. Max is the Co-Chairman of the Asset Management Investment Committee (AMIC) at ICMA.

Petros Krappas

Managing Director, Private Equity
Cambridge Associates

Petros Krappas is a Managing Director at Cambridge Associates. He is based in our London office and is a member of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Research Team. His responsibilities include identifying and monitoring investment firms and their portfolio companies, as well as carrying out due diligence. Additionally, Petros is responsible for analysing market conditions and tracking the private equity and venture capital industry trends. Prior to joining Cambridge Associates, Petros worked at a private market investor, Pathway Capital Management, where he was a Vice President with a focus on European private equity primary investments and co-investments. Before that, he was a member of the investment team at VenCap International, a UK-based venture capital investor. Petros received a MSc in International Money, Finance, and Investments from Durham University and a BSc in Statistics from University of Piraeus. He is a CFA® charterholder.

William Vettorato

Managing Director, Head of Fund Strategy
EQT Partners

William Vettorato joined EQT in April 2023 as Advisory Head of Fund Strategy for EQT Nexus from Partners Group, where he has been the Senior Portfolio Manager of their Global Value SICAV fund in addition to being responsible for the portfolio management of key private wealth management offerings (ELTIFs, master-feeder structures, joint- initiatives). Prior to join Partners Group, William was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley in London, where he worked as a financial engineer and exotic option structure. William holds an M.Sc. in Financial Econometrics from the University of Venice, Italy, and an M.Sc. in Quantitative Finance from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).

Maria Panayiotou

President of the Cyprus Investment Funds Association

Maria Panayiotou is the president of the Cyprus Investment Fund Association (CIFA). She is also the Managing Director and the AML Compliance Officer of GMM Fund Management, an AIFM licensed and regulated by CySEC. Prior to joining GMM Fund Management, she was serving as the Head of the Company Administration of LLPO Law Firm with 15 years of experience in the fields of registration, administration, advising and structuring of companies in various professional sectors and industries and she was the AML Compliance Officer of LLPO Law Firm since 2016 and Compliance Officer’s Assistant of LLPO Law Firm since 2010. She is also approved as a NOMAD for Cyprus Stock Exchange. Mrs. Panayiotou holds an MSc in Finance (University of Cyprus) and a BSc in Economics (University of Cyprus) and she passed the Advanced Examination on Financial Services Legal Framework from the Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commissions.

Nicolas Hausséguy

Global Head of Sales and Relationship Management, Distribution, FundsPlace, Euroclear

Nicolas Hausséguy is currently Global Head of Fund Distribution, Sales and Relationship Management at Euroclear. A senior leader, Nicolas is responsible for a team of relationship managers covering Euroclear’s fund clients. Nicolas has twenty years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to rejoining Euroclear, Nicolas had product management roles at BNY and business development responsibilities at Finastra.

Rishi Muktidoot

Director, Investment Product Strategy, Member of BlackRock’s Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions (MASS Team), BlackRock

Rishi Muktidoot, Director and product strategist, is a member of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions (MASS) team. MASS constructs active asset allocation strategies and whole portfolio solutions across a wide spectrum of commingled funds, separate accounts, model portfolios, and outsourcing solutions in the wealth and institutional channels. Within MASS, Mr. Muktidoot is responsible for product management, portfolio and market communications and client servicing across retail and institutional relationships. Mr. Muktidoot earned a BA degree in Finance from Pennsylvania State University.